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Mighty Skins submitted this infographic to us! They also provided a brief description:

The way the traditional classroom operates in today’s technology-focused world is changing at an increasingly face pace. Learn about how students and educators are reacting and using the tech to teach and learn.

The design uses a tech aesthetic with glowing lines and text to visually convey a virtual world. Data visualization, like pie charts and donut charts, is employed to display numbers in a more effective way than text alone could accomplish.

What would help this design is to stick with one unified style. We have a mix of flat and simplistic design (like the character with the bookbag) and more detailed and 3D elements like the devices and balls on the abacus. Choosing one style and color palette to move through an infographic is preferable so that the design feels more unified and therefore more reliable.

In all I’d give this infographic a B, because it tells its story pretty effectively and efficiently, but is a little disjointed aesthetically.

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This infographic gives a solid overview of Apple stock vs. Samsung stock in China. It’s clear from the data visualization of shares, Apple once ruled the market — but Samsung has made an enormous comeback, and seem to be the clear winner in China’s current and future market.

The design utilizes a reasonable amount of data viz and plenty of info to help investors (or simply the curious) decide which stock is strongest. There is a consistent color palette and aesthetic to unify the infographic.

The choice to end on a quote from the Apple CEO is an interesting one, since the infographic content focuses on Apple’s slipping hold on the China market. Perhaps it was a sarcastic choice, or an allusion to the potential deal Apple may strike with China Mobile — but is it a significant enough deal to shift the tide of China’s mobile market?

The dynamic sizing of elements in this infographic is a bit distracting. It seems to impart a bit too much negative space into the design, leaving the viewer scrolling a bit longer than they might need to — the final sections (700M subscribers and the sources) are especially noticeabley stark.

In all I’d give this infographic a B. It gives a great overview of the market and uses some data visualization, but could reevaluate use of space a bit and focus on visualizing more of the available numbers to reduce reliance on text.

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This infographic was submitted to us by CompareMyMobile.com

There are plenty of interesting statistics throughout. It’s interesting to see just how prevalent mobile is in our daily lives — and how huge mobile advertising will be by 2015!

That said, the design of this infographic is a bit jumbled. I like the mix of typography, though one of the fonts is Arial (a bit boring for design) and the fonts don’t always seem to complement each other. The “Internet accessible” and “South Korea and Japan” sections don’t seem to mesh with each other or with the rest of the design.

Additionally, there are some proofing problems (missing apostrophes and hyphens, doubled-up labels) that stand out and make the infographic seem less polished.

At the bottom of the infographic, the “Recycling of mobile devices” section appears quite heavy when compared to the previous sections. That’s mostly because of the sudden increase in text. Though there are a couple of icons, the section is mostly dominated by text, telling the story instead of illustrating it. This makes it a little difficult to get through after the relatively text-light sections preceding it.

If this infographic had a solid introduction and conclusion as well, it would be easier for the viewer to pull away an overall message.

In all I’d give this design a C — a bit more cohesion in design and greater attention to detail, intro, and conclusion would spruce this up.

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This infographic was submitted to us by CompareMyMobile.com

This is a good guide for people looking to trade in their phones or even just wondering what’s “in” and “out” in the world of phones and tablets! I like the use of data visualization for the Top 3 Android Brands, and it would be great to see this recur in the other sections. Overall, the brevity of this infographic seems appropriate for the topic.

I’m a bit confused about the header — there doesn’t seem to be a true “title” for this infographic. This is important so that readers know for sure what they’re getting before diving in, and it helps to distinguish the infographic during distribution. I’d also like to see a brief introduction and conclusion here; they help to begin and end the story that the infographic tells. Since this infographic is quite brief, it really only has 1-2 main points to make, but an intro and conclusion help bring a sense of completeness.

A quick proofing note: in the “Top 3 Android Brands” section, the parenthetical statement should also be in title casing, and “Trade in” should be hyphenated.

In all I’d give this infographic a B-. It accomplishes what it wants to, but with minimal detail.

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This infographic was submitted to us by CompareMyMobile.com

There are some interesting facts here about how little we actually recycle mobile phones and the impact of phone materials on our health and environment. The infographic is pretty clear and concise, so it doesn’t take long to get through.

Because this infographic begins with a poorly proofed subheading, I lost a bit of interest right off the bat. Proofing your work is very important if you want your audience to take you seriously. The problem comes up again in the first stat: “Great Britains” should be “Great Britain’s.”

In the subsequent stat (40%/20%), color coding could have been used to clarify the data viz. The color of the numbers themselves is the same as the portion of people to which the stats don’t apply. Color coding could simplify this so that the gray lines connected the numbers to the pictograms wouldn’t even be needed.

This infographic also doesn’t cite any sources. Especially when making claims about health, sources are critical on an infographic. Plus, it’d be fun to know where the stat about cadmium battery pollution came from. It adds credibility to your message to include citations so that viewers can fact-check and be assured that reputable sources were used.

In all I’d give this infographic a C, since proofing and sources are vital to a good infographic.

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This infographic was submitted to us by SinglePoint.

There’s plenty of data viz here, which is great to see. The color palette and aesthetic stay consistent throughout, and the organization is easy to follow. A solid black background is a little aggressive, so I might suggest toning it to a dark grey or patterned background. All-white backgrounds are typically discouraged because they may just run into the background of many websites — it’s also a possibility for black backgrounds, too.

The only exception I see to the organization thing is the number of wireless devices to US residents placed in the Blending Work and Play section. It doesn’t seem quite at home there. Maybe it would work best in an intro section about device use, showing how many people also have tablets, laptops, etc.

I’d love to see some illustrations introduced beyond the basic iconography — though I do like the styles of some of the charts shown, as an alternative to the basic bar graphs and pie charts.

In all I’d give this infographic a B. It’s got a good amount of data and data viz, but there’s nothing particularly outstanding about the design: a bit of a facelift would help it stand out.

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This infographic comes to us from the good people at Cash Generator.co.uk. Here is what they had to say upon submitting their infographic to us:

Are you addicted to your mobile phone? This infographic created by Cash Generator (the UK discount retailer), it illustrates how the use of smartphones takes over our lives nowadays. It begins by highlighting background information and common use characteristics to establish why we use them in the first place. Then the infographics goes on to explore common scenarios leading to mobile phone addiction. In conclusion, for some people turning off your mobile phones to avoid addiction might not be the best idea, since the stress from not being able to communicate could just make things worse.
The data used to create the infographic was originated from Europe, US and Worldwide. Are you ready to switch off?

This infographic certainly highlights the prevalence of mobile phone addictions. There are a ton of interesting statistics regarding smartphone use, but unfortunately none of them are visualized! Typography and icons are used in every instance where a data point is called out. Although the subject of the infographic was interesting enough that I read through the entire thing, it does feel a bit like a blog post or article rather than an infographic.

Overall, the design is pretty good. The colors are a bit dull, the the graphics used are clean and simple, which work really well since the subject is already pretty engaging. However in spite of the accessible design, I have to give this infographic a C because of the lack of data visualization. Remember to visualize data wherever you can, especially on an infographic whose content is as shareable as this one!

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This infographic was submitted to us by Sell My Old Mobile Phone.co.uk

There’s a lot of surprising and saddening information in this infographic. Some of it is nicely visualized, all of it is relevant, and the design and layout are really nice. I also like the color palette–it’s dark, but not prohibitively so, and it avoids the tendency for dark backgrounds to be contrasted by bright or neon colors. It’s also easy to navigate this infographic. Everything is well balanced, so it doesn’t look too cluttered or too empty anywhere. The design elements are all pretty creative. I really like the number 515 composed of phones, and the cow is an entertaining note to end on.

Data viz is only employed a few times here, right at the top of the infographic. Though there are so many numerical facts and statistics contained here, only the world population, population with mobile phones, and weight of dumped mobile phones are successfully visualized. All the other facts are simply illustrated: the cow by the greenhouse gasses fact is cute and related, but it’s not doing anything to show the 35 million pounds of greenhouse gasses. Same thing with the number 515. I suppose if it was actually composed of 515 phone images, that would be data viz, but as of now it’s simply a clever design element.

Just adding some more charts, graphs, and other forms of visualization will really help boost this infographic to its greatest potential. As is, I’ll give it a B!

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This infographic comes to us from MyPhoneDeals.co.uk and shows a side by side comparison chart of the best smartphones in the UK. Upon submitting the infographic, the folks at MyPhoneDeals.co.uk had the following to say:

If you’re looking for a new smartphone, it’s an exciting time to for you, but you’re also likely to be overwhelmed by the choices on offer. It’s an important decision – you’re likely to be using the phone for the next 18 to 24 months – and once you get one you’ll find that it becomes a prized and indispensable possession.

There are thousands of combinations of handset, operating system, and contract to consider, and who has the time to do all that research? We’re here to ease your headache, and we’ve put together this big but easy to browse infographic to help you decide on the phone for you.

When it comes to the design as a whole, this infographic uses some good imagery and a great color scheme. My main concern is that it isn’t REALLY a graphical representation of data as much as it’s a well designed comparison chart. Don’t get me wrong, some may view comparison charts as infographics, but for me, the data is still a little too hard to take in with a long comparison chart like this. Also, I feel like if it’s something that can be easily coded in HTML, it’s not much of an infographic. What I would prefer to see is more than just a chart, I want to see graphs that show some of these numbers side by side so that I can quickly take in the information in a visual way. It’s far easier to compare cost, for instance, if I see a bar graph. Similarly, screen size can be shown as a drawing or in comparison to a deck of cards… something that displays the screen size so that one could really understand it rather than just seeing arbitrary numbers. Right now, this is a lot of great data laid out in a clean table, but for me that’s the research end of an infographic (seriously, we often send tables like this to our designers just as research and ask them to take it to the next level)… I’d like to see this data graphically represented rather than listed out.